Session Fixation Affecting org.apache.axis2:axis2 package, versions [,1.7.4)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
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- published 25 Dec 2017
- disclosed 13 Jan 2010
- credit Unknown
How to fix?
Upgrade org.apache.axis2:axis2
to version 1.7.4 or higher.
Overview
org.apache.axis2:axis2 is a Web Services / SOAP / WSDL engine, the successor to the widely used Apache Axis SOAP stack.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Session Fixation in the administrative interface at the path /axis2/axis2-admin
. Attacker can exploit this flaw by doing a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack and get his Session cookie and perform session hijacking attack.